Hacker News: squirrel6

New comment by squirrel6 in "Germany Moves Closer to a Social Media Ban for Those Under 16"

squirrel6 — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 19:50:25 +0000

Or this kind of regulatory pressure will cause these businesses to stop adding social media functionality into their scope

New comment by squirrel6 in "Clay Christensen's Milkshake Marketing (2011)"

squirrel6 — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:55:00 +0000

This is all very true. I always try to push for customer interviews to be as much about formulating new hypotheses as they are about validating existing hypotheses.

New comment by squirrel6 in "Microsoft is killing Skype"

squirrel6 — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 22:31:58 +0000

Sure but since most of its components have been Frankensteined into MS Teams it lives on right?

New comment by squirrel6 in "Facebook paid GOP firm to malign TikTok"

squirrel6 — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 13:26:51 +0000

This is going to be one of those things where people look back in 50 years and the motives and playbook will be so obvious

Unemployed office workers are having a harder time finding new jobs

squirrel6 — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 03:46:10 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/job-search-workers-unemployment-months-5a4cfcee

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42607454

Points: 123

# Comments: 89

New comment by squirrel6 in "SF Purity Test"

squirrel6 — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 21:40:26 +0000

Blue bottle at South Park would still be there at least :)

New comment by squirrel6 in "Should more of us be moving to live near friends?"

squirrel6 — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 02:27:04 +0000

New comment by squirrel6 in "Cannabis pollen dispersal across the United States"

squirrel6 — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 23:39:23 +0000

I never thought about this. It would be interesting to run mass spec on resin samples from different growers to see the interval of genetic variation

New comment by squirrel6 in "Cannabis pollen dispersal across the United States"

squirrel6 — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 23:34:22 +0000

The fact that cannabis is so genetically unstable is very interesting. The root cause of the problem is that the level of CBD or THC produced by the plant in the resin is a result of polygenic expression— in other words, even if you have two strains of CBD-dominant crop, pollination can still result in increased THC in the next generation of the plant.

New comment by squirrel6 in "The t-test was invented at the Guinness brewery"

squirrel6 — Mon, 27 May 2024 03:38:41 +0000

This was in my textbook and my professor covered it as well! Class of 17 here

When it comes to health, appearances can be deceiving: a lesson from egg boxing

squirrel6 — Mon, 20 May 2024 09:44:59 +0000

Article URL: https://peterattiamd.com/egg-boxing-mri/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40413794

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by squirrel6 in "Jim Simons has died"

squirrel6 — Fri, 10 May 2024 16:46:08 +0000

Not to mention Math for America, which is one of the best funded organizations of its kind…

New comment by squirrel6 in "Cardio fitness is a strong, consistent predictor of morbidity and mortality"

squirrel6 — Fri, 03 May 2024 05:23:44 +0000

I’m going to plug Peter Attia, MD again here. In his podcast with Mike Joyner, MD (an exercise physiologist of Mayo Clinic) there is fairly detailed discussion of the literature on this topic.

When Bob Dylan Met Richard Serra

squirrel6 — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 15:07:59 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/jerrysaltz/status/1774086858844013043

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39875557

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by squirrel6 in "FDA clears first over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor"

squirrel6 — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:18:11 +0000

I have been doing CGM for 7 months now and the learning has been invaluable. My metrics were never in the danger zone but I feel like I’ve learned so much about how many different factors play into insulin resistance and have managed to build much healthier habits over time.

New comment by squirrel6 in "I applied for a software role at FedEx and was asked to take a personality test"

squirrel6 — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 22:18:49 +0000

These kinds of things that are basically substitutes for an IQ test (versus tests that purport to measure a specific type of specific technical aptitude) should be banned for employment screening, IMO. Where do we draw the line?

New comment by squirrel6 in ""Sugar Alcohols Ruined My Health: Learn from My Mistakes" [video]"

squirrel6 — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 03:41:13 +0000

I have experienced some of these issues myself. I find that it becomes more tolerable (and also more palatable) when I use a blend of natural sugar and artificial sweetener like erythritol or stevia.

New comment by squirrel6 in "Judge blocks JetBlue from acquiring Spirit Airlines"

squirrel6 — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 13:46:12 +0000

There’s not a lot of room for effective restructuring here — for Spirit it’s more of a revenue problem rather than just a debt service problem. They’d probably end up in Chapter 7 (liquidation) pretty soon after starting Chapter 11 proceedings

New comment by squirrel6 in "Judge blocks JetBlue from acquiring Spirit Airlines"

squirrel6 — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 13:37:47 +0000

I agree with you even though I think some will view this as a hot take. It is interesting that the US government has historically subsidized both smaller telcos and airlines to fill these types of small gaps where they exist.

New comment by squirrel6 in "The Downfall of Boeing – An Insider's Perspective (2003)"

squirrel6 — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 01:56:47 +0000

This is incredible, what a harbinger. This is a great dissection of how things went wrong. A number of other companies have also followed this narrative, albeit not as memorably